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ahirt · 07-05-2021, 08:16 AM

Are your brake adjusting shaft pins new? I had a problem with the new pins. The shaft is supposed to be .490 in diameter. Mine were .494. This did not allow the shafts to fully seat in the brake adjusting housing, thus holding the top of the brake shoes slightly higher than they should have been. Measure the diameter of the shafts or remove the brake adjusting wedge cap and insure that the pins are seating fully. I had to grind mine to about .486 diameter before they fully seated, and brakes aligned.

07-05-2021, 08:16 AM	#10
ahirt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Stuart Florida Posts: 108	Re: Brake Centering Challenges Are your brake adjusting shaft pins new? I had a problem with the new pins. The shaft is supposed to be .490 in diameter. Mine were .494. This did not allow the shafts to fully seat in the brake adjusting housing, thus holding the top of the brake shoes slightly higher than they should have been. Measure the diameter of the shafts or remove the brake adjusting wedge cap and insure that the pins are seating fully. I had to grind mine to about .486 diameter before they fully seated, and brakes aligned.